The St. Johns Cultural Council and Gamble Rogers Folk Festival present GRAMMY award winner Peter Rowan and the Remedy Tree Duo, Live from The Waterworks in St. Augustine, Florida, on Saturday, May 18th, 2024.

Doors at 6:30, show starts at 7 PM.

Tickets are $25 and are available on Eventbrite.

Purchase a premium ticket package for $70, which includes tickets to both Peter Rowan on May 18th and Kyshona Trio on June 22nd. Premium ticket holders are seated in the first three rows of the venue, receive sponsor recognition for the concert series, and a voucher for a complimentary beverage at each of the Spring shows.

ABOUT PETER ROWAN

Grammy-award winner and member of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Peter Rowan is a singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of Bluegrass veteran Bill Monroe to his time in Old & In the Way and his breakout as a solo musician and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through a solid stream of recordings, collaborative projects, and constant touring.

Born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family, Rowan learned to play guitar from his uncle. He spent his teenage years absorbing the sights and sounds of the Hillbilly Ranch, a legendary Country music nightclub in Boston frequented by old-time acts like The Lilly Brothers and Tex Logan. Peter Rowan formed his first band, the Cupids, while still in high school. After three years in college, Rowan left academia to pursue a life in music. Rowan began his professional career in 1963 as the singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter for the Bluegrass Boys, led by the founding father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. “One thing I started to like about the Monroe style was that there was a lot more blues in it than other styles of bluegrass,” reflects Rowan. “It was darker. It had more of an edge to it. And yet it still had the ballad tradition in it, and I loved that.” The late ‘60s and early 70’s saw Rowan involved in many rock, folk, and bluegrass projects, including Earth Opera, Sea Train, Muleskinner, and the Rowans, where he played alongside brothers Chris and Lorin Rowan. After the Rowan Brothers disbanded, Rowan, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, and John Kahn formed a bluegrass band christened Old & In the Way. It was during this incarnation that Rowan penned the song “Panama Red,” a subsequent hit for the New Riders of the Purple Sage and a classic ever since.

Don't miss this very special opportunity in America's oldest city, St. Augustine.

The Waterworks is an intimate, historic venue (built in 1898 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places)and only 120 tickets are available for each performance.

The Gamble Rogers Concert Series celebrates the legendary recording artist Gamble Rogers, whose balladry and storytelling shaped American folk music, on the third Saturday of each month.